Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, yesterday endorsed Republican candidate Mike Hogan for mayor of Jacksonville. “Mike Hogan is a common sense conservative with a detailed plan to cut wasteful spending and strengthen Jacksonville’s...

“People who are anxious to bring on war don’t know what they are bargaining for. They don’t see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.” — General “Stonewall” Jackson In many civic parades, marching military...

Is the world headed for a debt crisis to dwarf the one that befell us in 2008, when Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson stood aside and let Lehman Brothers crash? No one knows for certain. As Yogi Berra said, “it’s tough to make predictions,...

With the 16th Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars select…… J.J. Watt, DE, Wisconsin?

“NATO is moving very slowly, allowing Gadhafi forces to advance,” said rebel leader Abdul Fattah Younis, as the Libyan army moved back to the outskirts of Ajdabiya, gateway city to Benghazi. “NATO has become our problem.” Younis...

Curious if someone cast a write-in vote for you in Jacksonville’s mayoral election?  We have the full results, including Mickey, Tim Tebow and all the rest…

On March 20, Pastor Terry Jones, who heads a congregation of 30 at his Dove World Outreach Center church in Gainesville, Fla., conducted a mock trial of the Quran “for crimes against humanity.” Pronouncing Islam’s sacred book guilty,...

The North Florida affiliate of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America will be holding a Team Hope Walk for Huntington’s Disease this Saturday afternoon at the Jacksonville Landing.   Registration for the event is at 1:00pm at the Jacksonville...

  Well, that was fun. Back about six months or so ago, I announced that I had chosen so seek a seat on the Jacksonville City Council.  And I chose an enormous mountain to climb in the process… challenging a well-known incumbent in a county-wide race. We now...

Education is not the business of government. This is why we have a school board separate from the county government. It is the duty of the school board to decide how the school system shall operate and what the curriculum will be. They are supposed...